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The price of Bitcoin fell below $5,000 on Coinbase for the first time in 2018 as the bear market continues to drag prices down across the board. Market Cap Drops to Below $87 Billion For the first time since October 2017, Bitcoin dropped lower than $5,000, at $4,996 on San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase. As a...

Key Points Bitcoin price is currently under pressure below the $5,500 resistance level against the US Dollar. There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support at $5,530 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The price is declining and it seems like it could break the...

There have been few survivors from last week’s crypto rout which saw almost $30 billion wiped off the markets in a couple of days. Bitcoin for one has taken a beating this time and has settled at a new price range indicating that a recovery could be a long way off. XRP on the other...

Latest reports from the Financial Times announced that the main stock exchange in Switzerland, SIX Swiss Exchange will list the world’s first ETP. This is backed by Swiss startup, Amun AG. It will be listed under the index HODL, and it’s set to track five major coins: Bitcoin (BTC), Ripple (XRP), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash … Continue reading "Bitcoin ETF Approval, Supported By Switzerland’s Crypto ETP?"

Key Points Bitcoin cash ABC seems to be a winner and it is currently trading below $300 against the US Dollar. There is a major bearish trend line formed with resistance at $335 on the hourly chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair is currently at a risk of a major...

Bitcoin is testing the bottom of its descending channel seen on the 4-hour time frame and looks due for a bounce. However, this might merely spur a correction to the area of interest that lines up with the channel top around $6,200. Applying the Fibonacci retracement tool shows that the 61.8% level is closest to […]

Latest Bitcoin ETF After 10 years of evolution, adaptation and maturity, Bitcoin is no longer a “fad”. By the general definition of money, Bitcoin is the future. BTC is the perfect store of value, a unit of account, fungible and most importantly acts a medium of exchange. Aside from being a global phenomenon, the security,...

The latest Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network update has resulted in a complex battle, and the blockchain has been split into two: BCH ABC is in one corner, and BCH SV is in the other. Here is what they both stand for, and who is currently winning the hash war. BCH, ABC, SV: Who is fighting […]

XRP Talk Heats Up On Crypto Twitter Since XRP’s market capitalization surpassed that of Ethereum (ETH) last week, discussion regarding the asset’s long-term prospects has popped in in droves, with the project’s dedicated (even cult) following taking to Twitter to tout their flavor of the month, so to speak. As recently put by Mati Greenspan […]

Bitcoin (BTC) Wins Poll Against Gold, U.S. Bonds Ron Paul, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native and retired politician, has long been a progressive leader on America’s political stage. Over the course of his stints as a presidential candidate and congressman, Paul hasn’t been afraid to speak out on controversial, yet pertinent issues, like gun reform and […]

Mainstream media, renowned economists and other crypto critics have killed Bitcoin more than 300 times since its launch. But the digital currency always come back from the dead. Every bitcoin crash from the past has witnessed a surge in crypto-doomsday theories. As a relatively new market, BTC charts do not behave like any conventional asset...

Unfortunately, as cryptocurrencies capitulated throughout the week, losing upwards of 15-20% of their value, so did the news cycle. However, it isn’t all doom and gloom, as there were still a handful of developments indicating that the crypto and blockchain industry is far from dead in the water. Amun Launches Bitcoin, Ether, XRP ETP In...

2018 has been a largely bearish year, and Bitcoin’s status as the most popular has attracted a lot of investment capital, although XRP has garnered some good following too. The most recent market events have left many with the indication that XRP may soon surpass Bitcoin to take the top spot. While Bitcoin has maintained […]

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. This week, the focus was on the Bitcoin […]

Key Points Bitcoin price declined heavily and traded close to the $5,200 support level against the US Dollar. There is a short term consolidation pattern formed with resistance at $5,550 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could correct higher towards $5,750 or $5,880, but upsides are likely...

Latest Bitcoin News While speaking at the Economics of Payments IX to mark a decade after the fall of the Lehman Brothers—an investment bank and a casualty of the Great Financial Crisis, Benoît Cœuré, the European Central Bank executive board member and the chair of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures at the Bank...

Crypto Investor On Bitcoin: “I Didn’t Sleep Well Last Night” “Bitcoin [is] no longer boring,” declared Bloomberg analysts/journalists Vildana Hajric and Olga Kharif in a recent piece on the crypto market. And, taking a look at the current state of cryptocurrency prices, it would appear that this is the case… unfortunately. As reported by Ethereum […]

The Amun Crypto ETP — Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin Included The so-called “SIX Swiss Exchange,” Switzerland’s foremost equity market, has just revealed that it will be giving a green light to the crypto industry’s first exchange-traded product (ETP) that tracks multiple cryptocurrencies (XRP included), Financial Times reports on Saturday. The product, dubbed the […]

The recent crash in the crypto market has led Wall Street investors to slash their Bitcoin price prediction by half. Tom Lee, the co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, lowered his year-end expectations to $15,000 from $25,000. Lee’s prediction came after BTC broke below its so-called bottom at $6,000. Before the crash, the said level was...

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, often referred to as the ‘crypto bull’, has revised his end of year Bitcoin price prediction from $25,000 down to $15,000, which is still pretty optimistic looking at the state of things today. Bitcoin at $15k By Year End Speaking to CNBC the co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors said that the key...

The Hashwar: The Block Gap Starts To Close Now that November 15th has passed, all eyes have been glued to Crypto Twitter and websites regarding the Bitcoin Cash contentious hard fork/network upgrade, as it has yet to be determined whether Roger Ver, Jihan Wu, and their compatriots (Bitcoin ABC) have ousted Craig Wright and Craig […]

Despite Crypto Market Dump, Pantera’s Morehead Bullish On Bitcoin Bitcoin has long been touted as a viable alternative to centralized banking systems. As recently put by, Dan Morehead, the CEO at San Francisco-based Pantera Capital, in a Business News Network (Bloomberg) interview, Bitcoin isn’t just a “category killer,” but a “serial killer” as well. What's next […]

A recent Bitcoin scam on Twitter that compromised several major companies verified accounts came from a third-party app, tech news outlet the Next Web (TNW) reports Friday, Nov. 16, citing social media officials. Speaking to TNW, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed that the attack came from an outside software provider and not from Twitter’s own system. However, the official refrained from naming the […]

Bitcoin (BTC), Cryptocurrency, Nvidia–While investors are still reeling from this week’s cryptocurrency price fall, which saw billions shed from the market capitalization in a matter of hours, chip manufacturer Nvidia is left dealing with the fallout. On November 14, after exhibiting several months of relative price stability, the cryptocurrency markets plunged from $210 billion in […]

The crypto world has seen lots of online exchanges between two rival Bitcoin Cash camps over the last few weeks. However, the real concern is just how much this battle will impact Bitcoin, now that the planned system upgrades or forks have gone live. The Battle Of The Forks On one side, you have Craig […]

To the chagrin of Craig Wright and his camp, it has become increasingly apparent that Jihan Wu, Roger Ver, and their compatriots at Bitcoin ABC have taken a leading position in the Bitcoin Cash “Civil War.” So, after weeks, if not months of trash talking, crypto’s most recent shouting match has begun to come to a screeching...

Cryptocurrency markets are recovering from their recent mini crash today, Nov. 16, with only Bitcoin Cash (BCH) going against a trend which saw assets gain as much as 4.3 percent in 24 hours. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 The fallout from turbulence over BCH’s controversial hard fork, which occurred Thursday, Nov. 15, appeared not to last, […]

As tax payment draws near, the Australian Taxation Office is warning taxpayers against imminent tax scams involving the use of Bitcoin ATMs. Details of the Warning According to an article published by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) on its homepage, Australian taxpayers are warned to be on the alert for possible tax scams. This warning […]

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What is the Bitcoin ?

Bitcoin has burst onto the international financial scene in 2017. Appealing to both Wall Street and individuals despite its opacity and putting regulators under pressure. Its value rose from around $ 1,000 in January to over $ 20,000 in mid-December, before falling back to $ 13,000. A dizzying ascent threatening a bubble, even in financial circles ripped to speculation and volatility. The consecration came with the launch on December 10, 2017 of first exchanges of financial products to speculate on its evolution on the US stock market platform Chicago board options exchange (Cboe).

Bitcoin, which relies on a peer-to-peer payment system based on so-called “blockchain” or “blockchain” technology.

Bitcoin is making a dent: it is possible in some cities to pay for it. restaurant note, buy a car or even a house using it. Bitcoin advocates want to rely on this craze to ask the SEC. The US stock exchange policeman authorize the creation of an ETF.
A kind of financial investment in which anyone could put their savings. The value of this financial savings will depend on the performance of bitcoin. The big banks, which play the role of intermediaries in risky markets. The question was the lack of transparency in setting the price of bitcoin and therefore fear price manipulation.

No regulation

Appeared for the first time in 2009, bitcoin was traded so far mainly on the internet without being regulated. Unlike traditional currencies, it is not issued by a central bank. Transactions are done without intermediaries and it is not necessary to provide personal information. This anonymity and the lack of regulation attract thugs. Also the traffickers wishing to launder dirty money and chills professional investors.

With the exception of Japan, which recognized bitcoin in April 2017 as a legal means of payment. The other major countries wave the red rag. Janet Yellen, President of the US Central Bank (Fed), believes that bitcoin “is not an official currency” and urges financial institutions to ensure that their bitcoin transactions do not violate money laundering laws. money.